My Life In His Hands

I have to constantly remind myself that my life is in God's hands. When I'm scared and afraid of what might happen, when I worry about my future... whom I'll marry, what my life will look like outside of college, how I'm gonna ace that test, how I come across to other people, my personality, my flaws, I have to remember that God has a plan for me... for my life. "Plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11b My Lord knows anything and everything about me. He knows what I'll do with my life, who I'll marry, how I'll better change to please Him and not others. He has plans for my life that I can't even comprehend right now. The thought that my life is in His hands is overwhelmingly relieving! I'm a very imperfect person and I have no control over my life. I have the choice and freedom to decide what to do with my life, but everything is in God's control. No matter what comes my way, especially when I feel like I don't have a way out, Jesus is right there beside me letting me know that I have put my life in His hands. That I need to let Him take control in everything and I will please Him and He will guide me when I've lost my way and carry me when I can't go any further. I love the song "I Have A Maker," because it reminds me that ..."I have a Maker. He formed my heart. Before even time began, my life was in His hands. He knows my name. He knows my every thought. He sees each tear that falls and hears me when I call."

                                  Footprints in the Sand

 One night I dreamed I was walking along the beach with the Lord.
             Many scenes from my life flashed across the sky.
                  In each scene I noticed footprints in the sand.
                       Sometimes there were two sets of footprints,
                           other times there were one set of footprints.

                                  This bothered me because I noticed
                                that during the low periods of my life,
                             when I was suffering from
                         anguish, sorrow or defeat,
                     I could see only one set of footprints.

          So I said to the Lord,
      "You promised me Lord,
         that if I followed you,
             you would walk with me always.
                   But I have noticed that during
                          the most trying periods of my life
                                 there have only been one
                                       set of footprints in the sand.
                                           Why, when I needed you most,
                                          you have not been there for me?"

                                 The Lord replied,
                          "The times when you have
                  seen only one set of footprints,
          is when I carried you."
                                                   Mary Stevenson